Virginia Pearson

Virginia Pearson

From Wikipedia Virginia Belle Pearson (March 7, 1886 - June 6, 1958) was an American stage and film actress. She made fifty-one films in a career which extended from 1910 until 1932. Born in Anchorage, Kentucky, Pearson worked for a brief time as an assistant in the public library in Louisville, Kentucky after completing school. Pearson trained in the tradition of the stars of the American stage, and played in stock productions in Washington, D.C. and New York City. In New York she played the heroine in Hypocrisy, a story which laid bare "the shame of society." She was promoted by William Fox of Fox Film Corporation for the same kind of strong vamp parts as those played by Theda Bara. Among her movies is Blazing Love (1916), Wildness of Youth (1922), The Vital Question (1916), Sister Against Sister (1917), The Red Kimona (1925), Wizard of Oz (1925), and The Phantom of the Opera (1925). In 1916 Pearson and her husband, movie actor Sheldon Lewis, severed their ties with the Virginia Pearson Producing Company. The couple affiliated themselves with the Independent Productions Company, capitalized at $1,000,000. In 1924 the couple were forced to declare bankruptcy. In 1928, Pearson was legally divorced from Lewis. At the time, it was considered bad box office for screen actresses to be married. However the two remained constant companions., and resided for many years at the old Hollywood Hotel. Later they lived at the Motion Picture Country Hom. Virginia Pearson died of uremic poisoning in Hollywood on June 6, 1958 nearly a month to the day after Sheldon Lewis. She was 72. Funeral services were held at the Pierce Brothers Hollywood Chapel. She was buried with an unmarked grave in Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery.

  • Title: Virginia Pearson
  • Popularity: 0.696
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1886-03-07
  • Place of Birth: Anchorage, Kentucky, USA
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  • Also Known As: Virginia Belle Pearson
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Virginia Pearson Movies

  • 1925
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    The Phantom of the Opera

    The Phantom of the Opera

    7.1 1925 HD

    The deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House causes murder and mayhem in an attempt to make the woman he loves a star.

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  • 1918
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    A Daughter of France

    A Daughter of France

    1 1918 HD

    During World War I, Louise, a French girl, refuses to leave her château after the invading Germans take it over for use as their headquarters....

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  • 1927
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    Driven from Home

    Driven from Home

    1 1927 HD

    A father throws his daughter out of the house when she marries a man he doesn't approve of. In addition, she also finds herself being lusted after by...

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  • 1926
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    Silence

    Silence

    7 1926 HD

    Jim Warren, a crook, is married to Norma, but there was a flaw in their marriage papers and he must marry her again to protect their unborn child. He...

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  • 1926
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    Mum's the Word

    Mum's the Word

    5.7 1926 HD

    A widow has married rich, but didn't tell her husband about her son. And he's coming for a surprise visit. To hide his identity he is introduced as...

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  • 1928
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    The Actress

    The Actress

    1 1928 HD

    A theatrical troupe from the west end of London loses its leading lady when she goes off to marry a rich young man from the other side of town. The...

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  • 1916
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    Daredevil Kate

    Daredevil Kate

    1 1916 HD

    Orphaned sisters Kate and Irene are separated as children, but each keeps half of their mother's wedding ring. Years later Irene marries John West,...

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  • 1918
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    Her Price

    Her Price

    1 1918 HD

    Marcia Calhoun, a talented but penniless singer, leaves her Southern home hoping to study opera in New York. Her instructor, Professor Didot,...

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  • 1917
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    A Royal Romance

    A Royal Romance

    1 1917 HD

    Princess Sylvia refuses to marry the Emperor Maximilian of Rhaetia because his proposal has been offered for diplomatic rather than romantic reasons....

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  • 1929
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    Smilin' Guns

    Smilin' Guns

    1 1929 HD

    After "Dirty Neck" Jack Purvin sees a newspaper photograph of Eastern socialite Helen Van Smythe, soon to arrive at the nearby dude ranch, he...

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  • 1925
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    The Red Kimona

    The Red Kimona

    5.7 1925 HD

    A woman is abandoned by her lover and prostitution is the only way she has to survive.

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  • 1931
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    The Primrose Path

    The Primrose Path

    1 1931 HD

    A naive high school girl falls for the school's star football player. Her ignorance in the matters of sex leads to pregnancy and heartbreak.

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  • 1928
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    What Price Beauty?

    What Price Beauty?

    1 1928 HD

    Wholesome country girl Mary works at the House of Magic beauty salon and pines for the owner Clay. Unfortunately Clay has also been targeted by...

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  • 1918
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    Buchanan's Wife

    Buchanan's Wife

    1 1918 HD

    Beatrix marries Herbert Buchanan while under his hypnotic trance, although she really loves Harry Faring. When Herbert learns of his wife's love for...

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  • 1932
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    Back Street

    Back Street

    6.1 1932 HD

    A woman's love for and devotion to a married man results in her being relegated to the "back streets" of his life.

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  • 1916
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    The Kiss of a Vampire

    The Kiss of a Vampire

    1 1916 HD

    American horror movie from 1916.

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  • 1926
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    Atta Boy

    Atta Boy

    1 1926 HD

    Monty Milde, would-be newspaper reporter, stumbles into a high-profile kidnapping mystery.

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  • 1925
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    The Wizard of Oz

    The Wizard of Oz

    5.5 1925 HD

    A farm girl learns she is a princess and is swept away by a tornado to the land of Oz.

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  • 1928
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    The Power of Silence

    The Power of Silence

    1 1928 HD

    Would An Innocent Woman Keep Silent? Would the fear of a murderer's death shake her from the Sphinx-like silence that shielded- who?

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  • 1919
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    Impossible Catherine

    Impossible Catherine

    1 1919 HD

    The head of the Kimberly household rules it with an iron fist. Unfortunately the head of the Kimberly household isn't Grant (J.H. Gilmore), the...

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  • 1927
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    Lucky Fool

    Lucky Fool

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1914
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    The Stain

    The Stain

    1 1914 HD

    An ambitious bank teller (Edward Jose) steals a large deposit and starts life over under an assumed name. While he is becoming a lawyer and making...

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  • 1926
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    Lightning Hutch

    Lightning Hutch

    1 1926 HD

    A scientist invents a poison gas; the villain and his gang will do anything to get the formula; our hero, "Lightning Hutch", is sent to save the...

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  • 1916
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    Writing on the Wall

    Writing on the Wall

    1 1916 HD

    Irving Lawrence owns some of the most decrepit tenements in town and is an all-around bad guy. He won't cooperate with the efforts of his wife,...

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  • 1917
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    Sister Against Sister

    Sister Against Sister

    1 1917 HD

    Twin sisters Anne and Katherine are separated as children when their parents decide to go their separate ways. Under her mother's influence, Anne...

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